iffk 2022

Utama, Alejandro Loayza Grisi’s artistic statement of the global climate crisis, won the Golden Crow Pheasant (Suvarna Chakoram) for the Best Film at the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) here on Friday. The film highlights the…

Atanu Ghosh recalls asking Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr about filming in an age of disruptions. How do we make sense of the changing images, the filmmaker asked his senior. The veteran replied: It is on you. You have to focus on what fits.…

Express News Service After touching upon the idea of adopted families in his widely impactful, critically acclaimed Japanese film Shoplifters, Hirokazu Kore-eda once again ventures into a similar territory individuals…

Unjust laws and practices imposed by repressive fascist regimes sometimes survive beyond their time, until pushback from the victims and the larger society bring in incremental changes. Two films from two different countries being screened…

A photograph shows Sathyan’s mortal remains being carried out of an aircraft by actor Sankaradi, filmmaker Ramu Kariat, film producer M.O. Joseph and others in 1971.. An exhibition of photographs from the cinematic career of yesteryear…

By Express News Service The highly-anticipated Mammootty-Lijo Jose Pellissery film Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam had its world premiere on Monday at the ongoing 27th IFFK. The film has been getting extraordinary…

Express News Service One of the notable entries in the International Competition of the ongoing 27th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) is Ukrainian filmmaker Maryna Er Gorbach’s Klondike. The film, revolving…

Mammootty in a still from Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam. Chaos is what one associates with filmmaker Lijo Jose Pellisserry, whether talking about the visual style or sound design or the narrative. In Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam, screened in the…

A filmmaker appearing as himself for the entirety of a film might be forgiven the first time. The second time around, he is sure to attract some amount of ridicule for his vanity. But then, Jafar Panahi is not just any other filmmaker. For…

Sixty-four movies, including four movies that are part of the International Competition category, will be screened on the third day of the 27th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) on Sunday. The international competition movies to…